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Synonyms for split

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for split

to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument

to undergo partial breaking

to separate or pull apart by force

to become or cause to become apart one from another

to break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation

to terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another

the result of cutting

a usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture

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Synonyms for split

extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

a bottle containing half the usual amount

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a promised or claimed share of loot or money

a lengthwise crack in wood

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

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division of a group into opposing factions

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separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

having been divided

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

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This was the most split vote of the lot in the survey, with half of you reckoning the Norwegian manager will be gone by Christmas, let alone still be in situ next summer.
"What we have seen in the local elections is basically a split vote between a block supportive of the continuation of the status quo under the Palestinian national authority as we see it and a protest vote saying that there is a Palestinian solid opposition."
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The vote follows a tense final day of negotiations, in which both sides made last-minute concessions to avert what many had predicted could be a damaging split vote. Diplomats say Syria is the last country to come on board and it had joined the consensus after talking to representatives from France, Russia, Germany, and China as well as Japan.
Apparently it's a split vote at the moment between digestives and bourbon biscuits for their next meeting.
In particular, a conflict between the shareholder agreement and the merger statutes resulted in a split vote of the Telia/Telenor board regarding the location of the mobile telephony unit, resulting in the Swedish chairman casting a vote for the Swedish stance.
Only when the vote on the initial paragraph 19 was held - by split vote - did the option of granting the discharge win the day.
A Ninth Circuit panel, by a split vote, agreed with the taxpayer that the recovery from the union should be excluded from gross income.
Both say they ran before on a platform that included being transparent, but candidates Jessica Buttimer, Ted Estes and Julie Hill challenge that assertion, saying they still have heard no reason why a "beloved" superintendent -- Paul Gordon -- was voted out in January in a split vote.
Record of the year nominees include five rappers -- Drake, Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Childish Gambino -- competing against Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow," Brandi Carlile's "The Joke," and the Zedd-Maren Morris-Grey collaboration "The Middle." That's a scenario where a split vote could hurt a rap song's chances of winning.
Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at IHS Markit, said: "We had envisaged a spirited discussion within the MPC and very likely a split vote - probably in favour of no change in policy.
In a split vote, the bank kept its benchmark Selic rate at 14.25 percent for the fourth straight time.